Bear Burrito

Bears, Blog, Wellness & Spirtuality | November 25, 2009

Teton Totem, the grizzly bear, is recovering from a back injury and a bad bout of  arthritis.  How he got injured and how he is healing is a long and interesting story for another time. Suffice it to say that we investigate all possible modes of healing when our animals get sick or are injured, from standard veterinary care to alternative methods.  I think that you can hold certain opinions and let that dictate what you look at, or you can keep an open mind.  As it is, I hardly think I have the answer to much, if anything, nor do most of us.  But if it doesn’t hurt the animals, why not explore and try things that may seem far out? Wild animals heal differently than we do in any case (another interesting discussion for another time).

So after trying what regular medicine had to offer and it didn’t work, I looked further, to nutrition, chiropractic and energy healing. But I had a very immediate practical concern. What would Teton like us to do to help him comfortably pass a long, cold winter hibernation with his arthritis? I personally cannot talk telepathically with animals. But I could ask Penelope Smith, founder of the animal communication movement. Her answer was clear and immediate: “He’d like lots of hay/straw that’s soft and warm so he can bury himself in the middle of it like a burrito.”*

We gave him his hay early, before the other bears. He pulled it into his den with great satisfaction and precision and we have not seen him since.

*(Please note that Penelope receives images that she translates into human language. Teton has never seen a burrito but  for Penelope,  the feeling she received crossed species boundaries was clear and was put into human context.)

If any of you, our readers, are interested in following up the “stories for another time” above, or the implications in this story, please let me know and I will make it the subject of my next blog.

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